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. 2015 Oct 5;13:82. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0192-7

Table 1.

Shared and unique aspects of divergence in ecologically relevant traits

Test for Trait Factor F df P Partial variance explained (%)
Shared divergence among color morphs BDI Color 161.55 1 <.0001 10.8
Impact of evolutionary history Evolutionary replicate 223.38 9 <.0001 60.1
Unique divergence in the morph pairs Color x evolutionary replicate 14.86 9 <.0001 9.1
Shared divergence among color morphs LPJ weight Color 137.33 1 <.0001 24.0
Impact of evolutionary history Evolutionary replicate 66.98 9 <.0001 58.0
Unique divergence in the morph pairs Color x evolutionary replicate 4.37 9 <.0001 8.3
Shared divergence among color morphs δ15N Color 64.16 1 <.0001 18.8
Impact of evolutionary history Evolutionary replicate 159.09 9 <.0001 83.7
Unique divergence in the morph pairs Color x evolutionary replicate 2.37 9 0.01 7.1

MANCOVA results and partial η2-values for the relationship between lower pharyngeal jaw (LPJ) weight, δ15N, and body depth index (BDI) across all ten color polymorphic populations. In all ecological traits a substantial amount of the variance is due to differences in evolutionary history (factor “evolutionary replicate”). However, across all traits a larger portion of the variance is explained by color (factor "color") rather than population-specific effects (factor “color x evolutionary replicate”). This corroborates our previous findings of a relatively parallel ecological divergence based on color across the species complex